Wire tie for insulators.



No. 882,095. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

W. E. GALLANE.

WIRE TIE FOR INSULATORS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 190a WALDO E. CALLANE, OF FLORA, INDIANA.

WIRE TIE FOB INSULATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed November 19, 1906. Serial No. 344,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALDO E. OALLANE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Flora, in the county of Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented 'a new and useful Wire Tie for Insulators, of which the following is a specification.

TlllS invention relates to means for secur' the taking u of the wire without the IIQCGS? sity of its eing disengaged therefrom or from the insulator.

The referred embodiment of the invention is i lustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the.

novel tie in operative position upon an insulator and wire. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the structure. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the tie detached from the insulator and wire.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, the insulator, which may be of an desired form or structure, is designated y the reference numeral 5,-and the wire associated therewith, is designated 6. The tie .device for securing the wire to the insulator, is preferably formed from a single piece of Wire. It consists of an intermediate insulator engaging bar 7, which may be slightly bowed, and from the ends of which extend sets of integral angularly disposed arms 8 and 9, the arms of each set being connected by a coil or loop 10. The free ends of the free arms are provided with spaced wire engaging'hooks 11. The portions of, the arms 8, which are directly associated with the ends of the insulator engaging bar 7, are preferably offset, as shown at 12.

In using the device, the intermediate portion of the bar 7 is engaged upon the opposite side of the insulator to that engaged by the wire 6. The sets of arms embrace the upper end of said insulator and the hooks 11 are engaged over 'the wire on opposite sides of said insulator, as clearly shown in the drawings. Because of the spring connection between these hooks or wire engaging elements and the bar or insular engaging element, it will be. evident that tension is applied to the wire, which tends to draw the same toward the bar. Thus in case of slack upon the wire, the hooks will move toward the bar and take up such slack, or in case the wire contracts as in cold weather, the spring connections allow the wire to straighten out. In case it is desired to tighten the wire when sufiicient strain is applied thereto, the wire will slip through the hooks, and consequently the tightening action can be secured without the necessity of removing the tie either from the insulator or the wire.

It will be evident that the device can be cheaply manufactured, and experience has proven that it will effectively hold a wire in place upon an insulator.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein described invention will be a parent to those skilled in the art, without urther description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tie of the character described, comprising an insulator engaging element, a wire engaging element located at one side of the same, and a spring connection betweenthe elements disposed transversely of the msulator engaging element for urging said elements toward each other.

prising an insulator engaging element, a

wire engaging element, and a yielding connection between the elements for urging them toward each other, said connection comprising angularly disposed arms connected respectively to the elements.

3. A tie of the character described, comprising an insulator engaging element, a wire engaging element, and a yielding con nection between the elements for urging them toward each other, said connection comprising angularly disposed arms connected respectively to the elements and a coiled spring connecting the arms.

4. A tie of the character described, comprising an insulator engaging bar, a wire en-' gaging hook, arms connecte respectively to the bar and hook, and a sprin connection between the arms for urging them toward each other.

5. A tie of the character described, comprising an insulator engaging element, spaced wire engaging elements located at one side of the insulator engaging element, and spaced yielding insulator embracing connections between the wire engaging element and the insulator elements that urge the former toward the latter, said connections extending from the same side of the insulator engaging element.

6. A tie of the character described, comprising an insulator engaging bar spaced wire engaging hooks located at on: side of the bar, and spaced yielding connections beprising an insulator engaging bar, spaced I w1re engaging hooks, and angularly disposed relatively yielding arms connecting each hook, and one end of the bar.

8. A tie of the character described, formed from a single piece of wire and comprising an intermediate insulator engagin bar, sets of an ularly disposed arms exten ing from the en s of the bar, the arms of each set being connected b a looped portion, and the free terminals 0 the free arms being provided with wire engaging hooks.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALDO E. OALLANE. Witnesses L. V. MYER, WM. R, ConvIN. 

